The Fourth Lady novel Chapter 50

It's said in the 'Strategies of the Warring States': Today I shall wear clothes of the Hu people and go horseback shooting, to teach the common people and the world about me.

The so called 'horseback archery' refers to riding on a horse and hitting a moving target with the arrow.

In Donghe and Wuding Kingdom, horseback archery was something that every boy must learn in school. However, because it was not required for the girls, ever so rarely do they touch upon these things.

The girls of Donghe usually strive to be virtuous, thus girls who've yet to marry usually excelled in the feminine arts.

"Siyao, is your family's fourth miss crazy? This is horseback archery!" Jiang Lan look to Ning Siyao and helplessly spoke, "Just what in the world is she thinking."

Ning Siyao didn't expect that Qingyan agree so bluntly. When she looked to Qingyan, she opened her mouth, "Qingyan, as long as you admit defeat, there's still room to turn back. Why must you try to measure yourself again young master Cui?"

Although Ning Siyao wanted to see Qingyan embarrass herself, Su Qingyan was still a child of the Su manor after all. If Su manor were to lose face, then that was the same as her losing face.

Qingyan curled her lips and turned her head towards Ning Siyao, "Could it be that second aunt is sure that I will lose?"

The audience that was watching her also felt that she shouldn't accept this challenge, especially the various princes.

Although Murong Jingxuan hasn't seen Qingyan's horseback archery before, he knew that her inner strength was beyond that of a normal person. If given the time, she would definitely become someone that was only second to him in Donghe. Not to mention, she was still so young right now.

"Miss Su, if you kneel before me and admit defeat, I can consider sparing you." Cui Hanqun looked to Qingyan and shamelessly boasted. All over his body he was emitting the signal for her to beg him for mercy.

But Su Qingyan stubbornly just won't let him have his way. Besides, in the past, her horseback archery skills were personally honed by Weisheng Junmo. In Nanchen's legends, she was the most talented female archer. In horseback archery in Nanchen, aside from Weisheng Junmo, no one else could rival her.

"How does young master Cui want to compete?" Su Qingyan look to him with a smile, as if she'd just thought of something interesting, "Since the challenge is issued by young master Cui, then it should be okay for me to set the rules, right?"

Su Qingyan didn't turn her gaze towards Cui Hanqun, but instead looked directly at the judges. The judges look to her and nodded.

At such a time, they didn't dare to say 'no', especially when so many of the princes are still present.

Qingyan look to Cui Hanqun and smiled, "Young master Cui, let's find 10 people to ride on the backs of horses. We'll strap an apple to our head, and if we can hit the apple on our head with an arrow among the moving targets, then it'll be a win. What do you think?"

Chunyuan worryingly spoke out when she heard Qingyan's words, "What will you do if you injure each other? Yan'er don't be so reckless."

"That's right, that's right you can't be this reckless, what if you injure young master Cui?" Ning Siyao and Chai Yiyun's voice simultaneously sounded.